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    Sony vaio FCG-FR415s noisy fan

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by msuk, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. msuk

    msuk Newbie

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    I have a Sony Vaio FCG-FR415s and the fan underneath has become very loud. Does anyone know how I can open the laptop apart and clean/replace the fan?

    Thanks
    Msuk
     
    msuk, Apr 11, 2009
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  2. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    Another forum member had the same problem as you quite some time ago. Some of the links in that thread are dead now.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=127033

    This is the guide that was recommended in the above post.
    http://laptop-4-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/sony-vaio-fx-laptop-disassembly.html

    This guide also goes so far as the keyboard and no more.
    http://blogmines.com/blog/2007/10/02/how-to-change-a-keyboard-of-sony-laptopnotebook-pcg-fr415m/

    Although in the old post i linked someone mentioned that the service guide was not helpful. You still might want to wade through these manuals to see if you can find one yourself.
    http://laptop-support.net/downloads.html?func=select&id=12

    Also, may be if none of the above is helpful as a last resort you might want to consider ebay.
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SONY-VAIO-Ser...14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
     
    Rachel, Apr 12, 2009
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